Optical Vortices and Coherence in Nano-optics

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2019

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

In this dissertation, we use theory and computation to conduct three projects in the area of nano-optics. In the first project, we study optical coherence conversion using a plasmonic hole array. This work led to the discovery of the optical coherence band gap. In the second project, we develop a method of producing sub-wavelength arrangements of optical vortices. We demonstrate the validity of this method and propose an experimental realization. In the third project, we apply the techniques of the second to design superresolution lenses.

doctoral dissertations

Optics
Nanoscience
Nanotechnology

Ph.D.

Optical Coherence
Singular Optics
Superoscillations
Superresolution

Nanoscale Science

Gbur, Gregory

Suleski, Thomas
Zhang, Yong
Schmedake, Tom
Eastin, Matthew

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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